What does cosplay mean?

Cosplay generally refers to the activity of realistically restoring a character or a plot in animation, comics and game works through clothing, props, makeup, modeling and other forms, with the help of photography, stage play, video and other means. Cosplay is the abbreviation of Japanese costume drama, which was put forward by Makoto Takahashi Erzai 1984, a Japanese animator and CEO of Japanese art studio Studio Hard. Generally referred to as "Cos", the Chinese translation follows the "role-playing" in Taiwan Province Province, China.

Cosplay is generally spontaneously organized by associations established by enthusiasts, including in-school associations, societies, studios and so on. Cosplay can be an individual behavior or a team behavior, with various forms of expression. All kinds of comic exhibitions are the main platform for his performance, and the network is the virtual stage for his wider performance. Actors who participate in Cosplay activities are collectively called Coser or Cosplayer.

Classification of role-playing

ACG role-playing: This is the most common Cosplay content, which includes animation, comics, games, light novels and so on. And then extended to SD dolls. Cosplay is booming in Japan, and Japanese ACG culture occupies an important position in the world, because most of Cosplay content is mainly Japanese animation.

Performing arts, film and television works: Performing arts, film and television COS is to imitate Vision Rock, or to imitate characters, stars and so on in movies and TV series. Compared with the early controversy, performing arts Cosplay is gradually endowed by the Cos community and is becoming more and more popular. Performing arts Cosplay has different names in different countries, such as Fan Cospre in South Korea and Idol Cover in Thailand. In China, the earliest performing arts Cos was to imitate the VR (Visual Department) band.

Personification and original Cos: Cosplay needs to be built on a carrier, so when the category of original COS appeared, CosER in China, Japan and South Korea had a heated debate. Personification is basically even carried out by an object, so there is a certain specific carrier.